diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 4225749..461c60a 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -1,20 +1,70 @@
 import os
 from os import path
+import shutil
 
 from invoke import task, run
 
 
-@task
-def docs():
-    """Build Sphinx documentation."""
-    build_dir = '_build'
-    if not path.exists(build_dir):
-        os.mkdir(build_dir)
-    run('sphinx-build -b slides . _build')
-
-
 @task
 def clean():
     """Clean generated files."""
     run('rm *.pyc')
-    run('rm _build -rv')
+
+
+@task
+def docs():
+    """Creates the HTML documentation through Sphinx."""
+    build_dirs = ['docs/_api', 'docs/_build']
+    for build_dir in build_dirs:
+        if not path.exists(build_dir):
+            os.mkdir(build_dir)
+    run('sphinx-apidoc -o docs/_api rookeries')
+    run('sphinx-build -b html docs docs/_build')
+
+
+@task
+def clean_docs():
+    """Clean up the generated Sphinx documentation."""
+    sphinx_api_docs_dir = os.path.join(os.curdir, 'docs', '_api')
+    if os.path.exists(sphinx_api_docs_dir):
+        shutil.rmtree(sphinx_api_docs_dir)
+
+    sphinx_build_docs_dir = os.path.join(os.curdir, 'docs', '_build')
+    if os.path.exists(sphinx_build_docs_dir):
+        shutil.rmtree(sphinx_build_docs_dir)
+
+
+@task
+def test_style():
+    """Test the coding style using Flake8."""
+    run('flake8')
+
+
+@task
+def test():
+    """Test the webapp using both unit and integration nose tests."""
+    run('nosetests  --with-coverage --cover-html --cover-package=justcheckers --cover-inclusive --cover-branches')
+
+
+@task
+def clean_tests():
+    """Cleans test reports and artifacts."""
+    coverage_report_dir = os.path.join(os.curdir, 'cover')
+    if os.path.exists(coverage_report_dir):
+        shutil.rmtree(coverage_report_dir)
+
+
+@task
+def build_package():
+    """Prepares the project for packaging."""
+    run('python setup.py sdist')
+
+
+@task
+def clean_package():
+    """Cleans up generated files after packaging the project."""
+    packaging_dirs = [os.path.join(os.curdir, packaging) for packaging in ['justcheckers.egg-info', 'dist']]
+    for packaging in packaging_dirs:
+        if os.path.exists(packaging):
+            print("Removing '{}'".format(packaging))
+            shutil.rmtree(packaging)